A policy-based printing system is implemented to allow access to a private domain to print using a public domain using a corporate personal identification number (PIN) and a public PIN. The private domain includes private servers that store documents. The public domain includes servers and a printing device. A public policy server uses a domain list and a protocol connection with a private authentication server to validate a user and identify which private domain to access. The public policy server retrieves a policy from a private policy server that configures the parameters for printing using the public domain. The print job data is provided to a public file server until the public policy server confirms that the print job can be sent to the printing device.
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2. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the private server provides the document to the public server upon receipt of the corporate PIN.
3. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the user device authenticates the printing device to the public server by providing a device identification of the printing device.
4. The printing system of claim 3, wherein the user device provides the device identification of the printing device by scanning a graphical code for the printing device.
5. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the public server stores the document in the public domain.
6. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the private server is configured to deny access to the document based on the domain of the user.
7. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the public PIN is not usable in the private domain.
8. The printing system of claim 1, wherein the corporate PIN is not usable at the printing device.
9. The printing system of claim 1, further comprising a protocol connection between the public server and the private server.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising applying a policy at the private server corresponding to a user of the user device to determine access to the document.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising printing the document at the printing device in the public domain.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating statistics pertaining to the printed document and providing the statistics to the private server.
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September 1, 2021
November 8, 2022
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